Soon, Delhi Police app to track users through GPS

MapmyIndia is betting on its partnership with BlackBerry to widen its reach among in burgeoning community of smartphone users.NEW DELHI: Delhi Police's HIMMAT app, which was launched for women's safety in the beginning of the year, will soon have an option to track a person's location. Women using this app on their mobile phone will have the option to select time slots and their GPS tracking for that selected time period will be activated.

This option is currently in a trial mode but will be made available to the users soon.

There are three time period to choose from and the GPS tracking will happen for that selected time period only. The new option will also allow the users to extend the time period of tracking, if they couldn't reach their destination within the selected time period. But if they don't extend the time period, then the GPS tracking will stop automatically.

The GPS tracking is supposed to help police locate women immediately in situation of urgency or distress, police said.

This new option will be implemented only after its successful trial. It aims to provide a sense of security among the women, who tread at odd hours in the city.

The app was launched in the beginning of the year and later its WhatsApp number was also launched. While the app aimed to send SOS alerts, its WhatsApp number is widely being used by women, who take autos. The women keep sending the auto numbers, registration number and destination with the picture of the auto driver on the WhatsApp group as a precaution.